Improvement in shamfooing--afparatus



inittti guette parte entre f MARK L. WINN, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent N 96,528, dated Novcmber 2, 1869.`

IMPROVEMENT IN SHAMPOOINGAPPARATUS.

Tho Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To ZZ whom/*it 'muy concern p Be it known that I, MARK L. W'rNN, of' the city und eounty of San Francisco, in the Stute of' Califordown -npon the thee und neuk.

In the drawings ubore mentioned- Figure 1 is n side view of my apparatus uppliedto u hend. l

Figure 2 shows an elastic strap, forconiiuing the huir, having un upron attached to 1tfor the more coinpiete protection ofthe neck and shoulders.

To l'orm lmy slimnpooing-uppztrutus, a. rim or bottoinless pun, A, is provided, its lower edge being" adziptedto tit the head, us nearly us muy be, below the prnoipul 'part ofthe hair, and also n. gutter or trough, B, adapted to iit the head, just below the rim A, und provided with :t strap to secure it in platee.

These parts A vund B muy be made ot tin, gottapereha, or other suitnble material, and the trough B muy be filled with sponge, S, ,or 'other porous substznne, to absorb readily the liquid that muy escape .1i-oni the rim A.

This sponge should be wet before using, and the superfluous water pressedout, as it will not so readily absorb a. liquid when dry.

'lo support und steady the rim A, I make. two

standards, one for euch shoulder, (one shown in the drawing, nnu'ked 1),) haring -n."e1'oss-piece, E, nt the lower end to rest upon the shoulder, while the upper pnrt posses into straps or stuples, F und F', ou. the

side ot' the rnu A, holes being marde in one or both of these straps, und also in the standard, for the purpose otconnecting the rim und standard together in the proper relntive positions, b v menus oi' the pin-(}.

Walter, or sonpsnds, or any shampooing liquid muy be poured upon the heud, within thelim A, unda brush, or mop ot' sponge, or other suitable material `used in it to clean the bend; und to discharge the liquid us well us the rinsing-waiter subsequently upplietha spout or short pipe, il, projects from the-rim, to'whieh :t iiexible tube muy be conueted, leading to :tsink or other receptucle. f

The' elastic strap I should be placed around the head, und arranged to hohl up the hni'r intended to bencluded within the rim previous to the' application of I the rim itself.

The foregoing being 'u description of my invention, Whut Iycluinu'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy 'lhe above-described shumpooingfapparatus, consisting ot' the riiu A, standards D, und trough B, substantially as set forth. v

MARK L. WINN. [Ih s] Witnesses J. L. Boom, GEO. H. STnoXG. 

